Wednesday 19th March 2025

Wow, what a wonderful walk today. There was no formal coastal path so we walked on the beach the whole way … and it was glorious. 7 miles of a wide expanse of beach, firm sand mostly and some shingle – an absolute dream for coastal walkers. No mishaps, no trips, no slips – a little wading through water at times but that was fine. The photos say it all.

This area of the Yorkshire coastline is quite a way from our accommodation and we decided not to drive today. Getting there and back by public transport took a total of 5 hours and 5 buses … and that was to walk a 7 mile stretch taking 2.5 hours. Sounds mad but the buses were absolutely free (OAP bus passes rule!) and we enjoyed the ride and the walk and in fact the whole day out. I have to say you meet some life on these buses – lots of teenage non-stop chatter including having three children with ADHD, the mother having Munchausens so they had to be adopted, hating stepmothers etc. and it went on and on and on – fascinating but left us feeling drained … and normal in comparison!

So that was today done and tomorrow’s a non-walking day as we need to pack and sort the house ready for the owner’s return in the evening. We’ve offered to cook dinner for him and us too so we can enjoy another meal together before leaving on Friday morning.

We’ll be sad to say our goodbyes to the two lovely cats we’ve been looking after. They’re very different – Pebbles is 20 years old and struggles to walk with her arthritis. She’s a great lap cat and loves to cuddle into you with her paws, she’s so affectionate. Daisy is cute too – sadly she’s had skin cancer and had to have her ears removed. She’s 19 years old and a little frail looking but is the more active of the two. She also likes a cuddle from time to time. We’re so relieved they’ve lasted the course … always dodgy when you’re caring for older pets!

On Friday we’re heading a little further up into North Yorkshire to stay with our lovely friends Lynda and Paul. They’ll be a little more walking and a whole load of catching up. Happy days. xx